• In response to the Angostura shortage, Neyah White at NOPA unveils five new house-made batches of bitters to flavor your Manhattan, including Birch Beer Bitters, and Panhandle Bitters with eucalyptus, lavender, and mint. [OH Group]
• Pim Techamuanvivit of Chez Pim will be appearing on Martha today; also, she’s got a recipe for pickled chanterelles. [Chez Pim]
• Bunrab discovers, and loves, Howie’s Artisan Pizza in Palo Alto. [Bunrab]
• Heading to Spain this year? You have, like, a day or two left to email Ferran Adri à’s world-famous restaurant for a reservation in 2010. [Zagat Buzz]
• The Food Network has admitted that the vegetables used in the highly touted White House episode of Iron Chef America were not actually from the White House garden. [Chicago Tribune]
• In an effort to appeal to both upscale and downmarket consumers, Johnny Rocket’s will debut three new concepts this year: a sports bar, a fast food restaurant, and a mobile kitchen. [NRN]
• KFC has pulled an Australian ad that showed a white man mollifying a group of African-American people with fried chicken after the ad caused controversy in the United States. [Ad Age]
